S. 4983: BIDIRECTIONAL Act
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S. 4983: BIDIRECTIONAL Act
117th Congress · introduced 2022-09-28 · Energy · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2022-09-28 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
BIDIRECTIONAL Act
Plain summary
Bus Integration Dedicated to Improving Resilience, Eliminating Congestion, and Triggering Innovation Over Numerous Applications and Localities Act or the BIDIRECTIONAL Act This bill establishes requirements to encourage the deployment of vehicle-to-grid and vehicle-to-everything technologies and applications that enable bidirectional charging, such as technologies that enable electric vehicles to use their batteries to power the energy grid or homes when they are not being driven. Specifically, the bill requires states to consider measures to promote vehicle-to-grid integration under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act. The bill also directs the Department of Energy to establish a grant program for projects that use at least one electric school bus with such technology. Grants may be awarded to electric energy suppliers, state public utility commissions, school bus manufacturers, school districts, suppliers of charging infrastructure, renewable energy developers, and other eligible entities.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO] · 5 cosponsors
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Cosponsors on this site
Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Tina Smith (D-MN)
Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO] reported raising $9.5 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117s4983.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/s>
Record fed-us-cong117-s4983 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117